Cotton-picking glove.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

, J. A.LAYTON.

COTTON PIGKING GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1907.

ing of cotton season.

useful Improvements" in Cotton Picking this character soonwear out and are easily sf PATENT J OHN A, 'LAYTON, OF

ELMORE, OKLAHOMA.

CO'ITON-PIOKING GLOVE,-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2a, 1908.

Application filed September 27, 1907. sem n, 394,807.

Tooll whom it may concern;

residing at Elmore, Oklahoma, have invented certain new and tion. My invention-relates to new and useful improvements in gloves and more particularly to a cottonicking glove:

It is a we Gloves, of which the following 1s a, specificaknown fact that constant pickcauses the hands twbecome'extremely sore and much. sufiering is caused by the: piercingof the pickers hands by the Great sufierin is also frostbite andthe benum ing of causedby pickers fingers during the damp, cold the Various kinds of gloves have beenused but most of them have been made of cloth or other moisture absorbing material which rather aggravates than relieves. Gloves of pierced. v a 4 It is therefore-the object of my invention to dprovide a glove. of water-proof material an to incorporate in the tips thereof .a flexi ble material which will not only prolong the a life of the love but protect the fingers of the wearer wit out detracting or removing from the glove, any of its flexible or' useful qualities With the above and other objects View, 7

the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whe'reinI have showna view ofmy im roved glove with portions. broken away to s ow the reinforcing or protectin means. I i v In t e drawings the numeral 1 designates a glove formed of a suitable water proof ma,- terial and preferably one of a ton h pliablenature. In thetips or ends of t e fingers and thumb, protectors or reinforcements are. ed. I have shown the protectors in the nature-of coils of fine flexible wire 2. It will be noted that the coils 2 are contracted tothis way the coils place and out of sharp pointsof'the cotton. burs, which often fin has poisonous results.-

iward their outer ends as indicated at'3, thus I Be it known that I, JOHN A. LAXTON, citi-- zen of the United States,

not only; conformin to the contour of the fingers-and thumbfo the .wearer but protecting the ends as we'lllas the-sides ,thereof.

These, coils "do not extend the entire length wearer ,during the picking operation.

I wish to call attention to thefact th t-1 hayeshown the-coils embeddedin the materialf om which the glove is formed. In orprotectors 'are held in gers and thumb, of the wearer, thereby adding greatly to the comfort. It is'ob'vious, however, than the coils might ditions hereinbefore set forth and will pos- The coils will sess great wearing ualities. great y assist the pic or in picking the cotton and'will tend to turn aside, the sharp ends of the burs, thus keeping the hands in better condition and relieving considerable of the soreness. While I. do not .claim that the picker can pick cotton any faster when wearmg my improved glove, I-do claim that he can work more steadilyand easily.

What I claim, is: v 1. .In a glove, the combination with the aglove, the combination with the fingers thereof, of coils of wire. embedded Withiign the material of the same. I

3. fingers thereof, of coils of wire h tracted ends, embedded within 7 the material of the same.

direct contact with the p fingers and thumb, thereof, of pliable reinthe invention has relation to certain novel f orcinlg material embedded Within the same.v features, an example of which is described in 2. n

be secured in w place' n'various'ways so long as they protect apparent that a glove constructed as i a glove, the combination with the aving con- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

v JOHN A. LAYTON.

Witnesses:

W. M NATION. S. RUITTQ 

